Screening of candidates
Only guests who fit one of the 6 roles of the Atrium spec are kept. This page covers every guest of the POC podcasts, all countries together: screening comes first, and the country of origin is looked up afterwards, only for the selected experts.
Guests identified28,551
Excluded19,870
Selected8,681Of which 2,556 English-speaking world, 4,579 European Union, 1,546 other or unknown country
Selected by role
AcademicNamed position at a university or research institution4,334Think tankNamed position at a think tank or public policy institute730Former officialHeld a position in a public authority: ministry, regulator, central bank, parliament531LawyerPractices law, in a firm, in-house or at the bar251Economist or consultantEconomist, analyst or adviser, in a firm or independent865CommentatorAnalyzes current affairs or ideas for the general public: columnist, essayist1,970
Why the others are excluded
People
27,693 people · the 858 guests named by their first name only are counted above but not listed
| Person | Decision | Role or reason | Why | Podcasts | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leah Downey Princeton University | Selected | Academic | Researcher or doctoral candidate affiliated with university. | 2 | 2 |
| Leah Greenberg Co-founder · Indivisible | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Business leader. | 1 | 3 |
| Leah Litman Legal expert · Michigan University | Selected | Academic | Professor, legal expert. | 11 | 26 |
| Leah Malekano | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Leah McMahon Financial planner · Castle Capital | Selected | Economist or consultant | Financial planner, Castle Capital. | 3 | 5 |
| Leah Meszaros | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Leah Richmond-Rakerd Author · University of Michigan | Selected | Academic | Researcher or doctoral candidate affiliated with university. | 1 | 1 |
| Leander Kirschner CEO · Bamboo Artists | Excluded | Business executive | Business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Leandro Prazeres BBC Brazil correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | BBC Brazil correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Leanne McNicholl McNicholl Caravans | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Leanne Williams Vincent V.C. Woo Professor · Stanford Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Selected | Academic | Professor Vincent V.C. Woo Professor, Stanford Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. | 2 | 3 |
| Leda Glyptis Fintech executive, former banker, visiting professor · London School of Economics | Selected | Academic | Professor, fintech executive, former banker, visiting professor at London School of Economics. | 1 | 1 |
| Lee Child Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Thriller novelist, fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Lee Cowan Journalist · CBS News | Excluded | Journalist | CBS News correspondent. | 1 | 5 |
| Lee Elliot Major Professor of Social Mobility · University of Exeter | Selected | Academic | Professor, Professor of Social Mobility, University of Exeter. | 2 | 2 |
| Lee Haight CEO and owner of RRCA | Excluded | Business executive | Business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Lee Herrick Poet laureate · California | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lee Kovarsky University of Texas at Austin School of Law | Selected | Academic | Researcher or doctoral candidate affiliated with university. | 1 | 2 |
| Lee Lawrence Writer and social justice campaigner | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Social activist, no academic or analytical role. | 1 | 1 |
| Lee Mordechai Historian | Selected | Academic | Israeli historian Dr. Lee Mordechai with academic title. | 1 | 1 |
| Lee Pak Sing Assistant Chief Executive Officer · Enterprise Singapore | Excluded | Business executive | Assistant Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Singapore, public executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Lee Strong Command Sergeant Major · JFK Special Warfare Center and School | Excluded | Serving politician | Command Sergeant Major of military institution. | 1 | 2 |
| Lee Trink Former CEO of FaZe Clan | Excluded | Business executive | Former CEO of FaZe Clan, entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Lee Warren Professional speaker | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Professional speaker, no academic or policy role. | 1 | 1 |
| Lee Zeldin EPA Administrator | Excluded | Serving politician | EPA Administrator, regulatory authority director in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Leen de Bruyne Founder, author · Metalura | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and author of Metalura. | 1 | 1 |
| Leen De Witte Europe expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Radio host at VRT. | 1 | 1 |
| Leena Järvi Professor · University of Helsinki | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Helsinki, university professor. | 1 | 1 |
| Leendert Langbroek Skipper · KNRM IJmuiden | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Leendert van der Valk | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Leevi Leivo Puheenaihe | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Leftist Blondie | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Leif Arne Jensen Head · PwC Norge | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of PwC Norway, company director. | 2 | 3 |
| Leif Eriksrød Equities head · Alfred Berg Kapitalforvaltning | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Manager at Alfred Berg Kapitalforvaltning, investment manager. | 4 | 6 |
| Leif Lia Professor of hydropower engineering at NTNU Trondheim | Selected | Academic | Professor of hydropower construction at NTNU Trondheim. | 1 | 1 |
| Leif Moberg Former expert · Stålsäkerhetsmyndigheten | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former expert at Swedish public authority. | 1 | 1 |
| Leif Olsen | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Leif Runefelt The intellectual historian | Selected | Academic | Professor of history of ideas at Södertörn University. | 2 | 9 |
| Leif Silbersky Top lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Top lawyer, practicing lawyer. | 1 | 2 |
| Leig A. Lier Police inquiry investigator · Norge | Excluded | Serving politician | Investigator at Police, police investigator in position. | 1 | 1 |
| Leigh Anne Gilmore Childminder | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Leike van Oss Change experts | Selected | Commentator | Co-author of non-fiction book Wederopbouw. | 3 | 3 |
| Leila Belhadj Mohamed Geopolitics expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 10 |
| Leila Hormozi First-generation Iranian-American entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist · Acquisition.com | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist at Acquisition.com. | 1 | 1 |
| Leila Hudson Author · Syracuse UP | Selected | Commentator | Author of Lines of Flight published by Syracuse UP. | 1 | 1 |
| Leïla Marchand Journalist · Les Echos | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Les Echos. | 1 | 1 |
| Leila Prjnavorac | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Leïla Seurat Researcher at the Centre arabe de recherches et d'études politiques | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at Arab Center for Research and Political Studies. | 1 | 1 |
| Leire Bravo Specialist · Sin Pastillas | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Lele Mora Talent agent | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |